Make your Folders Private!!!

Follow The steps -
•Open My Computer
•Double-click the drive where Windows is installed (usually drive (C:), unless you have more than one drive on your computer).
•If the contents of the drive are hidden, under System Tasks, click Show the contents of this drive.
•Double-click the Documents and Settings folder.
•Double-click your user folder.
•Right-click any folder in your user profile, and then click Properties.
•On the Sharing tab, select the Make this folder private so that only I have access to it check box.

Note :
•To open My Computer, click Start, and then click My Computer.
•This option is only available for folders included in your user profile. Folders in your user profile include My Documents and its subfolders, Desktop, Start Menu, Cookies, and Favorites. If you do not make these folders private, they are available to everyone who uses your computer.
•When you make a folder private, all of its subfolders are private as well. For example, when you make My Documents private, you also make My Music and My Pictures private. When you share a folder, you also share all of its subfolders unless you make them private.
•You cannot make your folders private if your drive is not formatted as NTFS For information about converting your drive to NTFS

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Tips:delete an undeletable file used by windows or trojan/virus

Delete An "undeletable" File

Sometimes we face a common problem that a specified file is not erasing,that means we can't delete that file,bcoz of virus or windows is using that file.today i m going to help u deleting that file.

First click start then run n type cmd command prompt window will open then right click on taskbar n select "task manager"
Go to the Processes tab and End Process on Explorer.exe.
Leave Task Manager open.
Go back to the Command Prompt window and change to the directory to the undeletable file is located in.
At the command prompt type DEL where is the file you wish to delete.
Go back to Task Manager, click File, New Task and enter EXPLORER.EXE to restart the GUI shell.
Close Task Manager.


Or you can try this

Open Notepad.exe

Click File>Save As..>

locate the folder where ur undeletable file is

Choose 'All files' from the file type box

click once on the file u wanna delete so its name appears in the 'filename' box

put a " at the start and end of the filename
(the filename should have the extension of the undeletable file so it will overwrite it)

click save,

It should ask u to overwrite the existing file, choose yes and u can delete it as normal


Here's a manual way of doing it. I'll take this off once you put into your first post zain.

1. Start
2. Run
3. Type: command
4. To move into a directory type: cd c:\*** (The stars stand for your folder)
5. If you cannot access the folder because it has spaces for example Program Files or Kazaa Lite folder you have to do the following. instead of typing in the full folder name only take the first 6 letters then put a ~ and then 1 without spaces. Example: cd c:\progra~1\kazaal~1
6. Once your in the folder the non-deletable file it in type in dir - a list will come up with everything inside.
7. Now to delete the file type in del ***.bmp, txt, jpg, avi, etc... And if the file name has spaces you would use the special 1st 6 letters followed by a ~ and a 1 rule. Example: if your file name was bad file.bmp you would type once in the specific folder thorugh command, del badfil~1.bmp and your file should be gone. Make sure to type in the correct extension.
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Copy, Cut and Paste Options Are Disable !!!

Sometimes Copy, Cut and Paste options are does not work in your computer. You can't Copy or Cut files from one drive or folder to anther drive or folder. Also You can't copy or paste files from pendrive or flash drive.
The problem may be in your Clipboard. When the clipboard corrupted, or disabled the problems is occur. Because, When you copy something it copys it to the Clipboard so that you can paste it later. You need to check that the Clipboard service is enabled.
Go to START > Run > Type Services.msc . Look for clipboard and make sure its automatic, and enabled, and started. If this tricks don't work try this -
Go to Start > Run
Then type > clipbrd
The clipbook viewer window opens...
Go to Edit > Delete
Now you can back your cut/paste options...
This trick is for Windows XP.
Enjoy !!!
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Change Your Bootscreen !!!

Change Your Bootscreen
[Vista tips]
*** NOTICE: Failure to follow these directions explicitly may brick your PC. This should only be performed on stable rigs, and backup your data first. I accept no responsibility, but I have tested it on Vista Basic, HP, ULT, and Business, bricking only Vista Basic. If you are *sad* enough to have Basic, I recommend not trying it. Not for n00bs, @ your own risk! This is only for U.S., English installations of Vista. ***

* First and foremost, you will need this or this. So, go grab a free trial of whichever one appeals to you most, unless you already have a Win32 resource editing tool. The two posted are easiest to use, with the most noob-friendly GUI's. Now, you need to make a new working directory. Name it "Z:\bootscreen\", or designate whatever letter you want to. Substitute paths as needed, but for this example I am calling it "Z:\bootscreen\". This directory will eventually hold the winload.exe.mui file that you are going to modify. Also, I assume that your Vista installation is on "C"... again, substitute your paths as needed. First, use your Win32 editing tool (which you may have just grabbed from the hyperlinks) to open C:\Windows\System32\Boot\winload.exe, and then select "resource 1" in the "RCData" resource section (there is only one RCData resource on most rigs, sans certain enterprise configurations). Save the contents of this file to your new directory as "Z:\bootscreen\winload.wim" (last reminder, sub "Z" for your choice as needed). This .wim file is your boot screen bitmaps, which you can modify using any bitmap editor... I use ImageX, but it is not exactly n00b friendly. Now, you need to create a mount directory in the working directory (Z:\bootscreen\mount\). After this path is created, you need to mount the .wim file and enable write access by running the following via CMD:

imagex /mountrw Z:\bootscreen\winload.wim 1 Z:\bootscreen\mount

Note that "imagex" is your bitmap editor... sub as needed if you choose not use imagex. If done right, you will find two bitmap files in your Z:\bootscreen\mount\ folder:
osload800x600.bmp & osload1024x768.bmp. You can now replace these files with any bitmap pic you want, but they must be .bmp and have the same aforementioned names and resolutions. After you have edited the bitmaps to your liking, execute via CMD:

imagex /unmount Z:\bootscreen\mount /commit
Again, note the spacing, the path, and the use of both "\" and "/". At this point, Z:\bootscreen\winload.wim has the images you are going to use for your bootscreen. You need to copy C:\windows\system32\boot\en-US\winload.exe.mui to Z:\bootscreen\winload.exe.mui. If you are denied access, see the previous section of this guide for how to take ownership of the file, C:\windows\system32\boot\en-US\winload.exe.mui. Open Z:\bootscreen\winload.exe.mui with your Win32 resource tool, which is what you downloaded when you started this (unless you already have one your prefer to use). In here, create a new resource named "RCDATA" with the name "1", and the language "1033"; "1033" is English, I don't know about any other language support, so don't ask but please post if you know. Use Z:\bootscreen\winload.wim for the resource's data when prompted to select your import, or do it manually. Save, and exit. Now, this is your last chance to "abort".... copy Z:\bootscreen\winload.exe.mui over C:\Windows\system32\boot\en-US\winload.exe.mui to commit the change, reboot and cross your fingers. Now, let's say you want to change the text in the boot screen. First, you need to have working knowledge of XML editing... if you don't, I am sorry to say that it would be too tedious to teach it here... go learn it (the basics are easy). Open Z:\bootscreen\winload.exe.mui with the Win32 editor, and find the resource "OSLOADER.XSL"... it should be in the "23" resource section. Save the contents as "Z:\bootscreen\osloader.xsl". To modify the text, go to the osload-status template and put your text as the value attribute in the update element. To change where the text is, use the oslaod-graphics template and change the height and width values of the "textarea" attribute. It should be in front of the "textarea", and the attribute of "name" should be "status".
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Change the Welcome Screen Wallpaper !!!

Change the Welcome Screen Wallpaper
[Vista tips]
* There are many third-party programs, such as those from Stardock (WinCustomize) which can change your welcome screen wallpaper. Some people, like me, prefer not to install additional software. Perhaps you are concerned about boot time, or perhaps you just don't want a bunch of "junk" on your HDD. Don't misinterpret "junk"; I actually use some Stardock software myself, and it has been found to be spyware and adware free. So, unless you are not using a password, or have used the auto-logon tweak I posted several sections back, you may want to do this manually. Earlier versions of Windows, such as XP, made this easy. With Vista, however, it requires a little more than just a registry hack. First, you need to go to your system32 folder; I assume that everyone already knows where that is. Right click the imageres.dll file, and select "properties". Now, under the "security" tab, click on "advanced" > "owner" > "edit". Select "administrators", and click OK in each of the windows (there should be four). Now, right click the imageres.dll file again, go to properties > security > edit. Choose administrators in the list, and check "allow" for "full control", then click ok. If you still have UAC (user account control), respond positively to all the annoying prompts. Now you have taken ownership of this file; keep in mind that this is how you can "take ownership" of any other files, except certain special .cpl, .dll, and .iso files. Moving on, we need to make two copies of imageres.dll directly in C:\Windows\System32: name one imageres-new.dll and the other one imageres-old.dll. You need an editor to create the image you want to use. If you don't know, you don't have one; you can get XN Resource Editor for free here. We will base the rest as if everyone is using the same editor, XN Resource Editor, from that hyperlink. It is what I used, and it worked great! First, open the program. Select view/options, and choose "XN Resource Editor internal resource parser" from the drop menu under "choose which parser to use". Click ok, then go to file > open > C:\windows\system32\imageres-new.dll. Now, from the left "tree", expand "IMAGE" and open anyone of the numbered folders. Inside each of these folders is an entry which represents a different resolution of the stock welcome screen wallpaper, and you need to choose the one which matches your PC's current resolution. Unfortunately, you will need to redo this step if you switch monitors, such as if you have a laptop that you hook up to your monitor. If you don't know your current resolution, shame on you... find it in control panel > display settings. You can modify/edit the stock photo, but you will probably want to use your own. In order for this to work, you must first make it the same pixel*pixel size as the one it is replacing, which can be figured out by right clicking the image and selecting properties; use any image editor to resize it. If it is too small, use black space. Now, CTRL + C to copy the image, while you have selected the image you are going to use, and CTRL + V to paste it over the current (stock) image in the XN editor. Save the file over the existing one (imageres-new.dll), and close XN. Finally, we need to replace the original imageres.dll file with this new one, which stumped me for a while. Restart your PC, and just before you get to the boot screen start tapping F8 to bring up the "advanced boot options" menu. Select "safe mode with command prompt", and when the CMD prompt loads, switch over to your system32 directory by executing:

CD C:\Windows\system32

Now, enter this command:

copy imageres-new.dll imageres.dll

Note the space between copy and imageres-new.dll, and between ...-new.dll and imageres.dll. You will be asked if this is what you want to to do. Enter y (for yes), type exit and press enter; press CTRL + ALT + DEL, and use the red button on the bottom right to select "restart". You may need to redo this to tweak the appearance if the image is distorted or the aspect ratio was not properly copied over. It took me two tries to get it the first time, but only one each time after. That's it :)
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Creative Software Uninstall Problem !!!

Creative Software Uninstall Problem
[Vista tips]
* After many people have came to me after encountering problems while uninstalling creative software or drivers, I decided to post my solution so that it may help anyone else with the same problem. First, disable UAC via msconfig. Next, uninstall anything made by "creative" that you can, by using add/remove programs. Next, remove any start up entries with "creative" as a tag by using MSCONFIG.

NOW DO THIS IN ORDER:

* Launch regedit, and remove any of the following:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Creative Tech
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Creative Tech
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control l\Creative Tech
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ASIO

* Now, remove these files:

C:\Windows\System32\BMX*.rfx
C:\Windows\System32\Data
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Data (<<< only in 64bit)
C:\Windows\{*.BAK

C:\Windows\{*.CDF (<<<< to remove this file, you must run the following CMD prompts as admin; note spacing, and the use of both / and \):

1: takeown /f C:\Windows\*.CDF
2: cacls C:\Windows\*.CDF /G USER:F ("user" is your logon name)

* Keep removing:

C:\Windows\CTDCRES.DLL
C:\Windows\System32\cttele32.dll
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\CTOSS2K.SYS
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\CTSFM2K.SYS
C:\Program Files\Creative (<<< delete the entire folder)
C:\Windows\CTXFIRES.DLL
C:\Windows\CTPRES.DLL
C:\Windows\Updreg.exe

* Now, open windows explorer and delete any files similar to:

"{00000005-00000000-00000002-00001102-00000004-20021102}.BAK" or
"{00000005-00000000-00000002-00001102-00000004-20021102}.CDF"

Restart!
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Enable detailed status messages for logon/logoff and shutdown (Business & Ultimate only)!!!

Enable detailed status messages for logon/logoff and shutdown (Business & Ultimate only)
[Vista tips]
* Only Vista Business and Ultimate allow you to edit group policy settings; hence, this tweak only works for these installs. Press start + R, type in "gpedit.msc" and press enter. Go to computer config > admin templates, and expand "system". Find where it says "Verbose vs. normal status messages", right click it and click on "properties"; select "enabled", and press ok.
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Fix explorer.exe & ieexplore.exe issues !!!

Fix explorer.exe & ieexplore.exe issues
[Vista tips]
* For Windows Explorer crashes: There is an error in which you could be stuck in a loop where an error appears every 30 seconds, causing your computer to "refresh" constantly, stuck in the loop even in Safe Mode. I call this the death loop, because even a system restore will not always solve the problem. Lucky for you, despite the many causes there are two solutions which work 98% of the time. First, try opening task manager, select system idle process and kill it. You must be quick, before the refresh. Now, start + r and run "explorer.exe". If no dice, RUN > browse > system32 > sort by type > sort by date. Now, find the newest .DLL file, delete it, restart. Repeat one by one until the error stops or you reach back before the error started; it is important to remember to restart after each .dll file delete, and use recycling bin just in case you need to restore it. I know more on this, so if these don't work just post in here and I will help you out.

* For Internet Explorer crashes: if it happens when watching a flash video, it is most likely a messed up video codec. Want to know why resetting “Advanced Settings” works for some people? Because the full security settings will block the error, which is in essence going to block flash.ocx, and thus flash video. Want to know what causes the other crashes, and how to fix it? It depends on which problem you have. For many, the crash occurs at a specific point every time, say on a particular website. This is caused by a scripting error on these sites, which would have been written in a 3GL and the debuggers don't catch it because, like everything else by M$, it isn't Vista compatible. Want proof of my findings? Go to this site {{after you bookmark the one you are on}}. Easiest solution: get Firefox 3. It is hell of a lot better than IE, and you can personalize to look identical to IE 7 down to every detail (even tabbed browsing). Other people are plagued with the same "Internet explorer has blah, blah; internet " error message, but they only get it every now and then, with no apparent pattern, and only after they have just closed Internet Explorer. This usually happens when you have Office 2007 installed. If both problems are present, press start and r to open a run box, then type dcomcnfg. Browse to: Component services > computers > my comp > dcom config. You may get an error: "The CLSID [9DB6C03C-C511-11D2 ETC], microsoftshared...WKSCAL.EXE, & Works Cal had value AppID, but is not recorded in \\hkey_Classes_root\appId. Do you wish to record it?" If that happens, or something similar, select "yes". This is usually caused by a corrupted file from Flash. Find flash.ocx in your add-ons, remove it, and then download the full install of Flash (not the updater) to your desktop. Then, right click the file and "run as admin". Other causes of the second issue with IE (but not the first): RAM leak. Try to open IE and then close it real quick (while it is still loading) to see if you get the error. If so, congrats. You probably have faulty memory. Run your memory tool, which can be found at %SystemRoot%\system32\MdSched.exe or by hitting start and typing the word "memo...." The other cause, like I mentioned, could be Office. Go to add/remove programs, right click Office if you got it, and select "change". Then, hit "repair". This seems to work for many people. You could also run the Office diagnostic tool, but for some reason it seems to be hit and miss. Also, if you have "OmniPage", uninstall it. This is a well-known cause of the problem, again due to Vista compatibility. Finally, you can find out if an "add-on" is corrupted or malicious by right-clicking Internet Explorer and running without add-ons. This may even help some with the first problem, as certain add-ons interact with certain decompilers and script debuggers. Another possible cause which has only appeared to have solved less than 3% of issues: Under Internet options, advanced tab, toward the bottom, is the option to "enable memory protection to help mitigate online attacks"; uncheck it and reboot. If you just downloaded a fresh codec because some website asked you to watch a video, especially for Windows Media Player, you are a gullible n00b. Can't believe you fell for it, and you got what you deserved. You are on your own; start with virus and malware scans.
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